HMC teams help woman involved in road mishap deliver her baby safely

Victim of a road traffic accident, a 36-week pregnant Eritrean woman was able to deliver her baby safely owing to the quick support of Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) labor and delivery teams. 

HMC said in a statement that more than 25,000 babies are born each year under the expert care of the organization’s labor and delivery teams. “The vast majority of these deliveries take place as planned. However, on February 23, things did not go as expected for one mother when she was involved in a road traffic accident while in labor on the way to the Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC),” reported Gulf Times.

The 36-year old, Muna Abdelawel, had begun feeling labor pains and was on the way to the Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC), along with her husband Ibrahim and their three-year-old daughter, when their car was hit hard from behind by another vehicle.

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Abdelawel and her daughter were both violently thrown forward, resulting in head lacerations.

Ibrahim called 999 right away and an ambulance arrived on the scene promptly. The paramedics treated Abdelawel and her daughter and transported the entire family to Hamad General Hospital (HGH). 

Asmaa Al Atey, Director of Trauma Nursing, explained that while on the way to HGH, the paramedics informed the HGH trauma team that they were bringing in a mother who was in labor.

“We have processes in place that alert clinical teams in the Trauma Section about high priority patients who are on their way to HGH. Part of this process enables any pregnant woman with trauma injuries to be immediately admitted to the Trauma Section without the need for the usual assessments at the Emergency Department,” explained Al Atey.

This advanced warning helped the trauma team prepare for Abdelawel’s arrival and meant they could immediately alert the on-call gynecologist from WWRC, she added.

Upon arrival at HGH, Abdelawel was taken into the Trauma Resuscitation Unit, while her daughter was rushed to the Emergency Department for immediate treatment of her facial injuries, reported The Peninsula.

Dr Neven Mustafa, the on-call gynecologist, arrived moments later. 

It was clear that Ms Abdelawel was in the advanced stages of labour and that her baby would be born very soon, Dr Mustafa said.

After Dr Abu Baker, the trauma team leader, did an assessment of Abdelawel’s facial injuries, “a decision was made to prioritize the mother’s delivery needs and proceed with the full range of head assessments after the birth,” Dr Mustafa described. 

Within minutes, Abdelawel delivered her second daughter, baby Entesar.

A neonatologist assessed baby Entesar while Abdelawel went through a CT scan and a complete post-delivery check.

Following confirmation of no serious complications due to her facial injuries, both mother and baby were transferred to WWRC where baby Entesar was admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for observation. 

Three days later, baby Entesar was discharged and now the entire family is fully recovered from their eventful experience.

“Giving birth to baby Entesar was certainly not the way we had planned it. I was very nervous as I have suffered six miscarriages in the past so I was hoping for a smooth delivery. However, thanks to the expertise of the paramedics, trauma team and staff from WWRC, we all got through the experience safely,” said Abdelawel.

“On behalf of my entire family, I would like to thank everyone at HMC for the way in which they responded and for the care and compassion they displayed to my family. Baby Entesar is a ray of sunshine and is, of course, totally unaware of the unexpected nature of her entry into this world. It will be a great story to tell her when she is a few years older,” added Ibrahim.

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